SATURDAY NATION January 24, 2015 National News 9 BANK OPENS BRANCH | The young and the old meet Governors Benjamin Cheboi (Baringo), Jackson Mandago (Uasin Gishu), Alex Tolgos (Elgeyo-Marakwet) and retired President Daniel arap Moi during the opening of Trans National Bank, Iten branch yesterday. Mr Moi called on Rift Valley leaders to fight cattle rustling. JARED NYATAYA\NATION Nominated MCAs lose their seats BY NATION CORRESPONDENT All the 14 nominated members of the Nyandarua County Assembly have been sent home. Court of Appeal judges Roselyn Nambuye, Mohammed Warsame and Agnes Murgor yesterday quashed the list of nominees that The National Alliance presented to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission after the last General Election. The judges directed the party DIGITAL WAR | Government accused of favouring foreign companies Media houses now turn to world court T Decision to withdraw licences calculated at driving firms out of business, says lawyer BY MAZERA NDURYA mndurya@ke.nationmedia.com hree leading media houses have taken the war over digital licences to the In- ternational Intellectual Property Rights Court. Nation Media Group, Royal Media Services and the Standard Group have given the government 14 days to address the issue or face proceedings in the Paris-based court. The media houses through Mr Paul Muite wrote to the AttorneyGeneral saying the decision to seek redress at the international court was reached after exhausting all options in Kenya. “Our clients have exhausted domestic jurisdiction following the incomprehensible findings of the Supreme Court in a 2014 petition on this issue,” Mr Muite wrote. The letter is copied to the Information and ICT Cabinet Secretary, CA Director-General, Pan African Network Group, Star Times Media and GOtv/Multichoice. The media houses accuse the authority of open hostility towards Kenyan–owned companies and favouring foreign firms. They describe the decision to withdraw digital licences for NTV, QTV, Citizen TV and KTN by the authority as calculated to force them out of business. In a briefing at the Nation Centre yesterday, NMG Chairman Wilfred Kiboro who spoke Police kill six robbery suspects in gun battle BY NATION REPORTER Six suspected gangsters were killed in a gun battle with the police in Nairobi on Thursday night. The 8.30pm incident started with a car chase at Githurai 45, and ended near Kahawa roundabout on the Northern bypass. The gangsters were in a Toyota NZE and the officers from Special Crimes Prevention Unit were tracking them in a Subaru Outback. After a 15-minute chase, the gangsters’ car veered off the road and landed in a ditch. A Taurus pistol loaded with five bullets and an AK47 assault rifle loaded with 16 bullets were recovered from the gangsters. One of the suspects was identified as Loponyo, who police described as the gang leader and a sharp shooter who had escaped several dragnets. Another suspect identified as Waweru police said had joined the gang after leaving Kamiti Maximum Prison two weeks ago. The others could not be identified. Police said the gang operated in Githurai 45, Kimbo, Ruiru, Kimabu and Kahawa Sukari. Separately, two armed gangsters attacked a man as he driving into his home in Uthiru at about 7.30pm. The 20,000 The amount of money in shillings gangsters withdrew from a victim’s bank account. gangsters drove him to Westlands where they withdrew Sh20,000 using his ATM card and later stole his phone. And in Kiamunyi, Nakuru, a boda boda rider found bodies of two men dumped in the area. In Runyenjes, Embu County, a woman was raped and stabbed to death while her six-year-old son watched. Police are probing the incidents. SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY AY NATION January 24, 2015 National News 9 BANK OPENS BRANCH | The young and the old meet Governo TURDAY NATION January 24, 2015 National News 9 BANK OPENS BRANCH | The young and the old meet Governors Benjamin Cheboi (Baringo), Jackson Mandago (Uasin Gishu), Alex Tolgos (Elgeyo-Ma- rakwet) and retired President Daniel arap Moi during the open- ing of Trans National Bank, Iten branch yesterday. Mr Moi called on Rift Valley leaders to fight cat- tle rustling. JARED NYATAYA\NATION Nominated MCAs lose their seats BY NATION CORRESPONDENT All the 14 nominated members of the Nyandarua County Assembly have been sent home. Court of Appeal judges Roselyn Nambuye, Mohammed Warsame and Agnes Murgor yesterday quashed the list of nominees that The National Alliance presented to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission after the last General Election. The judges directed the party DIGITAL WAR | Government accused of favouring foreign companies Media houses now turn to world court T Decision to withdraw licences calculated at driving firms out of business, says lawyer BY MAZERA NDURYA mndurya@ke.nationmedia.com hree leading media houses have taken the war over digital licences to the In- ternational Intellectual Property Rights Court. Nation Media Group, Royal Media Services and the Stand- ard Group have given the government 14 days to address the issue or face proceedings in the Paris-based court. The media houses through Mr Paul Muite wrote to the Attorney- General saying the decision to seek redress at the international court was reached after exhaust- ing all options in Kenya. “Our clients have exhausted domestic jurisdiction following the incomprehensible findings of the Supreme Court in a 2014 petition on this issue,” Mr Muite wrote. The letter is copied to the Information and ICT Cabinet Secretary, CA Director-Gen- eral, Pan African Network Group, Star Times Media and GOtv/Multichoice. The media houses accuse the authority of open hostility to- wards Kenyan–owned companies and favouring foreign firms. They describe the decision to withdraw digital licences for NTV, QTV, Citizen TV and KTN by the authority as calculated to force them out of business. In a briefing at the Nation Centre yesterday, NMG Chair- man Wilfred Kiboro who spoke Police kill six robbery suspects in gun battle BY NATION REPORTER Six suspected gangsters were killed in a gun battle with the police in Nairobi on Thursday night. The 8.30pm incident started with a car chase at Githurai 45, and ended near Kahawa roundabout on the Northern bypass. The gangsters were in a Toyota NZE and the officers from Special Crimes Preven- tion Unit were tracking them in a Subaru Outback. After a 15-minute chase, the gangsters’ car veered off the road and landed in a ditch. A Taurus pistol loaded with five bullets and an AK- 47 assault rifle loaded with 16 bullets were recovered from the gangsters. One of the suspects was identified as Loponyo, who police described as the gang leader and a sharp shooter who had escaped several dragnets. Another suspect identified as Waweru police said had joined the gang after leaving Kamiti Maximum Prison two weeks ago. The others could not be identified. Police said the gang operated in Githurai 45, Kimbo, Ruiru, Kimabu and Kahawa Sukari. Separately, two armed gangsters attacked a man as he driving into his home in Uthiru at about 7.30pm. The 20,000 The amount of money in shillings gangsters withdrew from a victim’s bank account. gangsters drove him to West- lands where they withdrew Sh20,000 using his ATM card and later stole his phone. And in Kiamunyi, Nakuru, a boda boda rider found bodies of two men dumped in the area. In Runyenjes, Embu County, a woman was raped and stabbed to death while her six-year-old son watched. Police are prob- ing the incidents. to to submit two “distinct, valid and proper” party lists of nominees within seven days to the electoral commission for proper appointment based on constitutional requirements. Ms Lydia Nyaguthii Githendu, the petitioner, had requested the appeals court to declare that the IEBC discriminated against Ndaragwa, Ol Kalau and Oljororok constituencies hence acted unconstitutionally. On February 26, 2013, the party on behalf of the media houses said the regulator was not making the playing field level. “Such unilateral decisions will not only hurt the economy re put ng TURDAY NATION January 24, 2015 National News 9 BANK OPENS BRANCH | The young and the old meet Governors Benjamin Cheboi (Baringo), Jackson Mandago (Uasin Gishu), Alex Tolgos (Elgeyo-Ma- rakwet) and retired President Daniel arap Moi during the open- ing of Trans National Bank, Iten branch yesterday. Mr Moi called on Rift Valley leaders to fight cat- tle rustling. JARED NYATAYA\NATION Nominated MCAs lose their seats BY NATION CORRESPONDENT All the 14 nominated members of the Nyandarua County Assembly have been sent home. Court of Appeal judges Roselyn Nambuye, Mohammed Warsame and Agnes Murgor yesterday quashed the list of nominees that The National Alliance presented to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission after the last General Election. The judges directed the party DIGITAL WAR | Government accused of favouring foreign companies Media houses now turn to world court T Decision to withdraw licences calculated at driving firms out of business, says lawyer BY MAZERA NDURYA mndurya@ke.nationmedia.com hree leading media houses have taken the war over digital licences to the In- ternational Intellectual Property Rights Court. Nation Media Group, Royal Media Services and the Stand- ard Group have given the government 14 days to address the issue or face proceedings in the Paris-based court. The media houses through Mr Paul Muite wrote to the Attorney- General saying the decision to seek redress at the international court was reached after exhaust- ing all options in Kenya. “Our clients have exhausted domestic jurisdiction following the incomprehensible findings of the Supreme Court in a 2014 petition on this issue,” Mr Muite wrote. The letter is copied to the Information and ICT Cabinet Secretary, CA Director-Gen- eral, Pan African Network Group, Star Times Media and GOtv/Multichoice. The media houses accuse the authority of open hostility to- wards Kenyan–owned companies and favouring foreign firms. They describe the decision to withdraw digital licences for NTV, QTV, Citizen TV and KTN by the authority as calculated to force them out of business. In a briefing at the Nation Centre yesterday, NMG Chair- man Wilfred Kiboro who spoke Police kill six robbery suspects in gun battle BY NATION REPORTER Six suspected gangsters were killed in a gun battle with the police in Nairobi on Thursday night. The 8.30pm incident started with a car chase at Githurai 45, and ended near Kahawa roundabout on the Northern bypass. The gangsters were in a Toyota NZE and the officers from Special Crimes Preven- tion Unit were tracking them in a Subaru Outback. After a 15-minute chase, the gangsters’ car veered off the road and landed in a ditch. A Taurus pistol loaded with five bullets and an AK- 47 assault rifle loaded with 16 bullets were recovered from the gangsters. One of the suspects was identified as Loponyo, who police described as the gang leader and a sharp shooter who had escaped several dragnets. Another suspect identified as Waweru police said had joined the gang after leaving Kamiti Maximum Prison two weeks ago. The others could not be identified. Police said the gang operated in Githurai 45, Kimbo, Ruiru, Kimabu and Kahawa Sukari. Separately, two armed gangsters attacked a man as he driving into his home in Uthiru at about 7.30pm. The 20,000 The amount of money in shillings gangsters withdrew from a victim’s bank account. gangsters drove him to West- lands where they withdrew Sh20,000 using his ATM card and later stole his phone. And in Kiamunyi, Nakuru, a boda boda rider found bodies of two men dumped in the area. In Runyenjes, Embu County, a woman was raped and stabbed to death while her six-year-old son watched. Police are prob- ing the incidents. to submit two “distinct, valid and proper” party lists of nominees within seven days to the electoral commission for proper appoint- ment based on constitutional requirements. Ms Lydia Nyaguthii Githendu, the petitioner, had requested the appeals court to declare that the IEBC discriminated against Ndaragwa, Ol Kalau and Oljoro- rok constituencies hence acted unconstitutionally. On February 26, 2013, the party on behalf of the media houses said the regulator was not mak- ing the playing field level. “Such unilateral decisions will not only hurt the economy re put ng st st by ed s. ere erURDAY NATION January 24, 2015 National News 9 BANK OPENS BRANCH | The young and the old meet Governors Benjamin Cheboi (Baringo), Jackson Mandago (Uasin Gishu), Alex Tolgos (Elgeyo-Ma- rakwet) and retired President Daniel arap Moi during the open- ing of Trans National Bank, Iten branch yesterday. Mr Moi called on Rift Valley leaders to fight cat- tle rustling. JARED NYATAYA\NATION Nominated MCAs lose their seats BY NATION CORRESPONDENT All the 14 nominated members of the Nyandarua County Assembly have been sent home. Court of Appeal judges Roselyn Nambuye, Mohammed Warsame and Agnes Murgor yesterday quashed the list of nominees that The National Alliance presented to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission after the last General Election. The judges directed the party DIGITAL WAR | Government accused of favouring foreign companies Media houses now turn to world court T Decision to withdraw licences calculated at driving firms out of business, says lawyer BY MAZERA NDURYA mndurya@ke.nationmedia.com hree leading media houses have taken the war over digital licences to the In- ternational Intellectual Property Rights Court. Nation Media Group, Royal Media Services and the Stand- ard Group have given the government 14 days to address the issue or face proceedings in the Paris-based court. The media houses through Mr Paul Muite wrote to the Attorney- General saying the decision to seek redress at the international court was reached after exhaust- ing all options in Kenya. “Our clients have exhausted domestic jurisdiction following the incomprehensible findings of the Supreme Court in a 2014 petition on this issue,” Mr Muite wrote. The letter is copied to the Information and ICT Cabinet Secretary, CA Director-Gen- eral, Pan African Network Group, Star Times Media and GOtv/Multichoice. The media houses accuse the authority of open hostility to- wards Kenyan–owned companies and favouring foreign firms. They describe the decision to withdraw digital licences for NTV, QTV, Citizen TV and KTN by the authority as calculated to force them out of business. In a briefing at the Nation Centre yesterday, NMG Chair- man Wilfred Kiboro who spoke Police kill six robbery suspects in gun battle BY NATION REPORTER Six suspected gangsters were killed in a gun battle with the police in Nairobi on Thursday night. The 8.30pm incident started with a car chase at Githurai 45, and ended near Kahawa roundabout on the Northern bypass. The gangsters were in a Toyota NZE and the officers from Special Crimes Preven- tion Unit were tracking them in a Subaru Outback. After a 15-minute chase, the gangsters’ car veered off the road and landed in a ditch. A Taurus pistol loaded with five bullets and an AK- 47 assault rifle loaded with 16 bullets were recovered from the gangsters. One of the suspects was identified as Loponyo, who police described as the gang leader and a sharp shooter who had escaped several dragnets. Another suspect identified as Waweru police said had joined the gang after leaving Kamiti Maximum Prison two weeks ago. The others could not be identified. Police said the gang operated in Githurai 45, Kimbo, Ruiru, Kimabu and Kahawa Sukari. Separately, two armed gangsters attacked a man as he driving into his home in Uthiru at about 7.30pm. The 20,000 The amount of money in shillings gangsters withdrew from a victim’s bank account. gangsters drove him to West- lands where they withdrew Sh20,000 using his ATM card and later stole his phone. And in Kiamunyi, Nakuru, a boda boda rider found bodies of two men dumped in the area. In Runyenjes, Embu County, a woman was raped and stabbed to death while her six-year-old son watched. Police are prob- ing the incidents. to submit two “distinct, valid and proper” party lists of nominees within seven days to the electoral commission for proper appoint- ment based on constitutional requirements. Ms Lydia Nyaguthii Githendu, the petitioner, had requested the appeals court to declare that the IEBC discriminated against Ndaragwa, Ol Kalau and Oljoro- rok constituencies hence acted unconstitutionally. On February 26, 2013, the party on behalf of the media houses said the regulator was not mak- ing the playing field level. “Such unilateral decisions will not only hurt the economy re put ng st by ed s. ere er- no-no-- ay air eeir NATION January 24, 2015 National News 9 BANK OPENS BRANCH | The young and the old meet Governors Benjamin Cheboi (Baringo), Jackson Mandago (Uasin Gishu), Alex Tolgos (Elgeyo-Ma- rakwet) and retired President Daniel arap Moi during the open- ing of Trans National Bank, Iten branch yesterday. Mr Moi called on Rift Valley leaders to fight cat- tle rustling. JARED NYATAYA\NATION Nominated MCAs lose their seats BY NATION CORRESPONDENT All the 14 nominated members of the Nyandarua County Assembly have been sent home. Court of Appeal judges Roselyn Nambuye, Mohammed Warsame and Agnes Murgor yesterday quashed the list of nominees that The National Alliance presented to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission after the last General Election. The judges directed the party DIGITAL WAR | Government accused of favouring foreign companies Media houses now turn to world court T Decision to withdraw licences calculated at driving firms out of business, says lawyer BY MAZERA NDURYA mndurya@ke.nationmedia.com hree leading media houses have taken the war over digital licences to the In- ternational Intellectual Property Rights Court. Nation Media Group, Royal Media Services and the Stand- ard Group have given the government 14 days to address the issue or face proceedings in the Paris-based court. The media houses through Mr Paul Muite wrote to the Attorney- General saying the decision to seek redress at the international court was reached after exhaust- ing all options in Kenya. “Our clients have exhausted domestic jurisdiction following the incomprehensible findings of the Supreme Court in a 2014 petition on this issue,” Mr Muite wrote. The letter is copied to the Information and ICT Cabinet Secretary, CA Director-Gen- eral, Pan African Network Group, Star Times Media and GOtv/Multichoice. The media houses accuse the authority of open hostility to- wards Kenyan–owned companies and favouring foreign firms. They describe the decision to withdraw digital licences for NTV, QTV, Citizen TV and KTN by the authority as calculated to force them out of business. In a briefing at the Nation Centre yesterday, NMG Chair- man Wilfred Kiboro who spoke Police kill six robbery suspects in gun battle BY NATION REPORTER Six suspected gangsters were killed in a gun battle with the police in Nairobi on Thursday night. The 8.30pm incident started with a car chase at Githurai 45, and ended near Kahawa roundabout on the Northern bypass. The gangsters were in a Toyota NZE and the officers from Special Crimes Preven- tion Unit were tracking them in a Subaru Outback. After a 15-minute chase, the gangsters’ car veered off the road and landed in a ditch. A Taurus pistol loaded with five bullets and an AK- 47 assault rifle loaded with 16 bullets were recovered from the gangsters. One of the suspects was identified as Loponyo, who police described as the gang leader and a sharp shooter who had escaped several dragnets. Another suspect identified as Waweru police said had joined the gang after leaving Kamiti Maximum Prison two weeks ago. The others could not be identified. Police said the gang operated in Githurai 45, Kimbo, Ruiru, Kimabu and Kahawa Sukari. Separately, two armed gangsters attacked a man as he driving into his home in Uthiru at about 7.30pm. The 20,000 The amount of money in shillings gangsters withdrew from a victim’s bank account. gangsters drove him to West- lands where they withdrew Sh20,000 using his ATM card and later stole his phone. And in Kiamunyi, Nakuru, a boda boda rider found bodies of two men dumped in the area. In Runyenjes, Embu County, a woman was raped and stabbed to death while her six-year-old son watched. Police are prob- ing the incidents. to submit two “distinct, valid and proper” party lists of nominees within seven days to the electoral commission for proper appoint- ment based on constitutional requirements. Ms Lydia Nyaguthii Githendu, the petitioner, had requested the appeals court to declare that the IEBC discriminated against Ndaragwa, Ol Kalau and Oljoro- rok constituencies hence acted unconstitutionally. On February 26, 2013, the party on behalf of the media houses said the regulator was not mak- ing the playing field level. “Such unilateral decisions will not only hurt the economy re put ng st by ed s. ere er- no- ay air e- eir submitted submitted two lists of its proposed nominees to the assembly, which the electoral commission published on May 15 and 16, 2013. However, the three judges said: “From our perusal of the two lists, it is abundantly clear that the names were different and we do not know whether the two were presented variously on the same day or simultaneously together.” The petitioner moved to the higher court after the High Court declined her plea for a proper nomination. The judges said the publication of the names violated the Constitution. The court quashed and revoked the a gazette notice published on July 17, 2013 that listed the nominated members.